Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

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Victor Emmanuel II (in Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II) (March 14 1820 - January 9 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia 1849 - 1861, and King of Italy 1861 - 1878.

In 1842 he was married to a cousin, Maria Adelaide of Habsburg and had children including:

• Marie-Clotilde Th�r�se Louise 1843-1911, who married [[Napol�on Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte]] 1822-1891 (the Prince Napoleon). Their grandson Louis was the pretender of Bonaparte.

• Umberto, later King of Italy
• Amedeo, later King of Spain

Rosa Theresa Vercellona Guerrieri (nicknamed La Rosina) was once Victo Emmanuel's mistress. The Count of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda was probably their (illegitimate) son.

Related Articles

• Italian unification
• Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Giuseppe Mazzini
• Count Cavour

External Links

• External link: Genealogy of recent members of the House of Savoy

Preceded by: Carlo Alberto

House of Savoy

Succeeded by: Umberto I

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy, used under the GNU Free Documentation License